Launderable bib.



PATENTED AUG. 15, 1905.

. HOMRYBR.

LAUNDERABLE BIB.

APPLIGMIUN FILED APR. f1, 1905.

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STATES llllllillllhl ARTI-IUE. HOlVIEYlGlt, OF Jll l-ttlfEY CITY, NEW' JERSEY.

No. 797.434. Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. l5, 1905.

` Application and Aprila, 1.905. seriale. 253,845.

.To all wwnt it m/n/jl/ concern:

Be it known that i, ARTHUR Honersn, a citizen ot' the United States ot' rimer-ica, and a resident of Jersey City, in the @tate ot' New Iflersey, have invented a new and `usctul Innprovernent in Launderable Bibs, of which the iliollowing is a speciiication.

rllhis invention relates to the bibs worn by infants and other children to keep the clothing Yfrom being' soiled and wet by food and liquids and by contact with the wet chin of the infant du ring the drooling period. Hereto'lore such bibs have been provided with means tor inelosing or attaching a separable sheet or layer of nioisture-proo'll material or have been made without any such protection against the penetration of moisture. Separable moisture-prooi layers that nnust be removed every time the bib is laundered involve complications in the construction ot the bib and materially increase the trouble oi handling it and cannot be extended to all parts oi the bib without the aid of additional tastenings to be manipulated and kept in order. Without such Atastenings the separable inoisture-prooi layer is liable to quickly lose its shape and to contract itsell by rolling or folding, so as not to allord any substantial protection.

'.lhe object ol the present invention is to provide a moisture-prooi' launderable bib that can be washed and ironed as readily as one containing' no such protection and which is at the saine tilne protected to the alnplest extent against the penetration et moisture at any point by an inseparable and concealed part thereof.

rlhe invention consists in certain novel combinations oil parts hereinafter set lorth and claimed.

A sheet ol" drawings accornpz'inies this specilication as part thereof.

Figures l to 5, inclusive, are outlines ot the inain parts olAI the improved bib on a small scale. Figs. (i3 and 7 are outlines, on a larger scale,of the respective facing-sheets as quilted to the respective padding-sheets hereinafter mentioned. Fig. tl represents a section on the line A, Fig. 6, on a still larger scale and exaggerated as to thickness. Fig. 9 is a face view of the linished bib. Fig. l0 represents a section on the line B, F 9, on the saine scale as Fig. t, exaggerated as to thickness. lliig. il 1s a fragmentary section illustrating a. inodilicatimi.

Like reference characters refer to like parts 1n all the ligures.

The nnprovedbib has live principal parts,

numbered, respectively, l, 2, 3, el, and inn the drawings, all of theni ot' the saine or subn stantially the saine size and shape. ln the species represented by Figs. 1 to 10. inclusive, they Inay be identi V:al with each other in this respect. Parts Il and Q are Facing-sheets, which may be oi any suitable launderable material-such as lawn, Inuslin, linen, or cotton cloth of any kind or quality. '.lhe parts 3 and 4t are absorbent paddings ot raw cotton or the like. The part 5 is a inoisture-prooit layer of rubber cloth of any suitable hind, such as rubber sheeting, or what is known as L waterproo'tf cloth, in which the cloth pre dominates, but in con'nnon with rubber sheet@ ing is rendered moisture-prooi by vulcanized caoutchouc or rubber.

The facing-sheets i and Q arc first united with the respective padding-sheets i and 4l by quilting. (Represented by dotted lines in Figs. (i, 7, and 9.) '.lhe rubber cloth 5 is in terposed between the padding sides ol'l the two quilted sections, Figs. 6 and 7, thus lformed, and all the parts are then united with each other, Iirst at the outer edge ol the bib by stitching there together with or without the aid oi' a binding-tape G and finally around the necl-ol'iening by stitching them together at this point with the aid of a biiuling-tape 7, the ends ot' which iorin attaching strings a and I). The 1'1ecl\'-opening may conveniently be outlined by stitching at the quilting operation, as represented at r in Figs. (i and 7, and subsequently cut.

llhe lront and back olE the bib may be dit ierentiated by more elaborate quilting on the :toriner as compared with the latter, as shown, respectively, by Figs. 6 and 7, or they inay be ot di'lierent colors or otherwise distinguished. lt is not important, however, which side is used the iront, although where. the inoisture-proo'lE layer 5 is of rubber sheeting or rubber cloth of that class itis preferable that its tace be toward the front el the bib.

The two padding-sheets 3 and 4.-, with the respective facing-sheets l and Q, protect both sides of the rubber cloth 5 against injury by a het iron when the bib is laundered. llhey also, et course, serve in front olf the rubber cloth to absorb liquids dripping `upon the bib, and thus to prevent theni 'from l'lowing troni the bib upon the clothing.

The binding-tape 6 (shown in Figs. 9 and l0) may, if preferred, be omitted by making' the facing-sheets larg'e enough to be turned in at the edges, so as to inclose the edges oi' the padding-sheets 3 and i and the rubber cloth 5 by the edges of the facing-sheets, as represented at l and 2 in F ig'. ll.

The terni rubber cloth as used herein is intended to include thin sheets of pure rubber, vulcanized and otherwise adapted to be used in the same manner as rubber sheeting.

Having thus described said improvement, I claim as my invention and desire to patent under this speciiicationl. A moisture-proof launderable bib having as an inseparable part thereof a layerotl rubber cloth supplemented and protected on both sides by an absorbent padding and a facing-sheet on each side of the rubber cloth, the padding on one side serving to absorb liquids dripping' upon the bib and to prevent injury to the rubber cloth by hot irons in the laundering process and the padding on the other side serving to prevent such injury to the rubber cloth by hot irons.

2. A moisture-proof launderable bib having' as an inseparable part thereof a layer of rubber cloth supplemented and protected on both sides by an absorbent padding and a facing-sheet on each side of the rubber cloth, the padding adjoining each facing-sheet being' united therewith by quilting.

3. A moisture-proof launderable bib having a layer of rubber cloth supplemented and protected on both sides by an absorbent padding and a facing-sheet on each side of the rubber cloth, the padding adjoining each facing-sheet being united therewith by quilting, and all the parts being inseparably stitched together at the outer edges of the bib.

4. A moisture-proof launderable bib having a layer of rubber cloth supplemented and protected on both sides by an absorbent padding and a facing-sheet on each side of the rubber cloth, the padding adjoining each facing-sheet being united therewith by quilting, and all the parts being inseparably stitched together at the outer edges of the bib and further united with each other by means of a tape binding' the neck-opening and forming attaching strings.

5. A moisture-proof launderable bib having a layer of rubber cloth supplemented and protected on each side by an absorbent padding and a facing-sheet, all these parts being of one and the same size and shape, the padding adjoining each facing-sheet being united therewith by quilting, and all the parts being inseparably stitched together at the outer edges ot' the bib with the aid of a bindingtape, and further united with each other by means of a tape binding the neck-opening and forming attaching strings, substantially as hereinbefore speciiied.

ARTHUR HOMEYER.

Witnesses:

JOHN F. LYNCH, B'IATTHEW G. GILsoN. 

